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[veggiesforpresident]

I’d love to see Cherry Valance and/or Randy Adderson for the character asks! Ik you reblogged it a while ago but I love your takes on them and would love to see more :))

thank you for the ask!! oh i'm excited about this one!

Cherry -

How I feel about this character

Hmm... Overall I think she's great and there's a lot about her worth exploring! I like that she has bad taste in men and that she cares too much what people think of her. Personally, I was disappointed that she wasn't really friends with Ponyboy at the end, but I understand why she wasn't and it does give me a jumping-off point to explore in fic!

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Bob! I think her and Bob had a good relationship overall, they definitely would have gotten married if Bob hadn't died. Also Ponyboy, but only once Cherry gets over herself a bit. Sometimes Sylvia in a very messy situationship kind of way.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Ponyboy! I think they really understood each other immediately in a way that's rare and I think they have potential to be real best friends. I also like her friendship with Marcia quite a bit.

My unpopular opinion about this character

i think she's straight. (how does this fit in with me shipping her with sylvia, you ask? well - (runs away))

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

Hmm... I do kind of wish TWTTIN would've mentioned her, or shown some of the fallout from her testifying in the trial, or something. As it was she was just kind of left in this weird liminal space of she betrayed the Socs but she's not loyal to the greasers, so now what? In the post-canon that lives in my brain (and on ao3) she does get closer with Marcia and befriend Ponyboy (eventually).

Randy -

How I feel about this character

oh god I'm obsessed with his pathetic loserboy shit. He hears about a greaser doing one (1) nice thing and it sends him into an existential spiral? he shows up at ponyboy's house unannounced? it's so funny to me. local teen boy discovers empathy and crashes out over it.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Ponyboy. A bit controversial of me, maybe, and it's definitely a rarepair, but I like how Randy is kind of obsessed with Ponyboy by the end of the book, and Ponyboy isn't self-conscious around him, which is huge considering ponyboy is self-conscious around everybody. I think they'd have to work to understand each other considering they come from such different places, but they'd also be able to be open with each other in ways they can't with anyone else because they're "outsiders" to each other's social circles. i just think they have a lot of potential and i will write their fic one day.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Cherry! They'd have an interesting dynamic of like, they were both really close to the same person who they both lost, and assuming Cherry and Bob had been dating for a while, were probably pretty familiar with each other even if they weren't close per se. Plus I think they have a lot in common post-canon of like, wanting something more out of life even if they don't know exactly what that is. There's a lot to explore!

My unpopular opinion about this character

i don't think he had romantic feelings for bob.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

Eh, I'm actually pretty happy with where canon left him because it means i have a jumping off point for fic!